Editor's NotePODCAST: FlightAware CEO Talks COVID-19 Air Traffic Trends On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, we're joined by Daniel Baker, CEO of FlightAware. FlightAware operates the world's largest flight tracking and data platform. Baker provides insights on how air…
Air TaxiPODCAST: Daedalean CEO Talks Neural Networks in Aviation On this episode, we caught up with Luuk van Dijk, co-founder of Zürich, Switzerland-based startup and provider of autonomous flight control technology Daedalean. On Apr. 1, Daedalean and the European Union Aviation…
MilitaryDrone Likely First to Receive Neuromorphic Computing Under U.S. Air Force Effort The United States Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y. is working to develop neuromorphic computing for possible fielding on a drone in the next five years. AFRL is looking to…
Embedded AvionicsCheck Out The December/January 2020 Issue! Our new December/January 2020 issue is published, with five in-depth new articles focusing on all aspects of embedded computing trends currently happening across various segments of the global aviation electronics industry. In…
CommercialDelta Develops Artificial Intelligence Tool to Address Weather Disruption, Improve Flight Operations Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian used his keynote speech at the annual Consumer Electronics Show to discuss a new 2020s operational structure for the international carrier that will be driven by…
Air TaxiHoneywell Invests, Partners with Swiss Autonomy Startup Daedalean.AI Honeywell has invested in and signed a technological partnership with Swiss startup Daedalean.ai to develop systems for autonomous takeoff and landing, GPS-independent navigation and collision avoidance for general aviation (GA) and electrical…
Air TaxiAirbus Wayfinder Is Building Autonomy for Urban Air Mobility and Single-Pilot Operations Airbus is expanding its foray into new autonomy for aircraft, hoping to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to build certifiable systems for both urban air mobility and — eventually — single-pilot…
ATM ModernizationFrankfurt Airport is Using Machine Learning to Predict Aircraft Arrivals German airport operator Fraport has started using a new predictive runway arrival time technology at Frankfurt Airport to improve the estimated arrivals and departures for the 1,500 flights that take off and…
IIOTBAE Building Machine-Learning Tool Under DARPA Contract DARPA has tapped BAE Systems to produce a new machine learning-powered tool that allows for the rapid deciphering of unique radio frequency signals, the company said Monday. The new DARPA deal is worth up…
MilitaryDARPA Wants BAE Machine Learning Software To Pick Out Enemy Signals Among Many BAE Systems is developing machine learning algorithms aimed at deciphering radio-frequency signals for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under a contract worth up to $9.2 million. Part of DARPA's…